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YL

YL noun: a female radio amateur. Also the initialism of young learner.

Noun

YL (plural YLs)

  1. (slang) A female radio amateur.
    • Games for the harmonics, (children), YL's and XYL's and the OM's, plus free soda for all.1967, CQ: the Radio Amateur's Journal, volume 23, numbers 7-12, page 140

Also used as

YL is also the initialism of young learner.

Forms of YL

pluralYLs

Origin of YL

In radio sense: short for young lady.

Questions about YL

What does YL mean?
YL means a female radio amateur.
What part of speech is YL?
YL is a noun.
What is the plural of YL?
The plural of YL is YLs.

Words near YL in the dictionary

  1. YKW
  2. ykwim
  3. ykwis
  4. Ykybayev
  5. Ykybayevs
  6. YL
  7. ylaid
  8. yland
  9. ylands
  10. ylang ylang
  11. ylang ylangs

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